Artificial inoculation and susceptibility of Pinus armandii to Dothistroma septosporum

Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) is a serious needle disease of conifers that primarily affects pine species (Pinus spp.). Dothistroma septosporum is one of the DNB pathogens that has a diverse range of host species excluding Pinus armandii. In 15 inoculated P. armandii seedlings, D. septosporum acervuli were observed in 43 infected needles of ten seedlings with a mean disease severity of 1.11% at 25 weeks after inoculations, demonstrating the potential of D. septosporum to cause symptoms on the needles of P. armandii via artificial inoculation. The disease severity of P. armandii was similar to the positive control, Pinus nigra (median 0.75 for P. armandii to 0.70 for P. nigra), thus, P. armandii acts under artificial conditions as a susceptible host species.     

Ozone,Acid Deposition,and Mycorrhization Effects on Loblolly Pine and White Oak

Abstract

Above- and below-ground responses of juvenile loblolly pine (Pinus taedaL.) and white oak (Quercus albaL.) to tropospheric ozone (0.0, 0.06, and 0.12 μL L^-1 O₃), acid precipitation (pH 4.8, 4.2, and 3.6), and induced ectomycorrhizal colonization (Pisolithus tinctorius [Pers.] Coker & Couch vs. natural mycobiont), alone and in combination, were examined. After 30 weeks, the filtered air treatment (ozone 0.0) reduced foliar injury but also produced smaller stem diameters, lower total foliage and total shoot dry weights, decreased needle density, and shorter root systems in inoculated pine, growth responses not found in uninoculated pine. Height growth of inoculated oak was increased by the filtered air treatment while leaf density was reduced by 0.12 μL L^-1 O₃, results also not found in uninoculated oak. Ectomy-corrhizal colonization percentages in pine decreased with increasing O₃ concentration regardless of mycorrhizal treatment, and the filtered air treatment produced the highest infection percentages in inoculated oak as well. Rains of pH 4.2 stimulated height growth in inoculated pine while diameter decreased in inoculated oak but increased in uninoculat-ed oak with declining pH. Also, pH 4.2 rainfall increased root weight in inoculated oak while that of pH 4.8 reduced foliar injury but also shoot weight in oak regardless of mycorrhizal treatment. Generally, the my-corrhization response to increasing rainfall acidity was reduced colonization. Independent of the other treatments, inoculation produced a substantial increase in above- and below-ground growth of both pine and oak, and also increased foliage density but reduced specific root length in each species. Overall, these results indicate that the growth responses to O₃ and acid deposition of loblolly pine and white oak are strongly influenced by mycorrhization, but that the magnitude of these responses is exceeded by those to mycorrhization alone. However, the propensity revealed here for both O₃ and acid precipitation to suppress mycorrhizal colonization in these two species may indicate the potential for a gradual reduction in long-term forest productivity in the southeastern United States.     

川中岛白桃离体培养

为了实现快速繁育川中岛白桃无菌苗,以川中岛白桃当年生健壮枝条上的嫩芽为外植体,进行离体组织培养,筛选出无菌苗培养、芽增殖和不定芽诱导生根等不同阶段激素的最佳组合。无菌苗的最佳培养基为MS BA 1.0 mg/L IBA 0.1 mg/L,出芽率达74.0%。芽增殖的最佳培养基为MS BA 1.5 mg/L IBA 0.2 mg/L,增殖系数达7.67。最佳生根培养基为1/2MS IBA 1.0 mg/L,生根率达86.7%,生根数为7.56条/株。     

笼养东方白鹳繁殖行为观察

东方白鹳是世界濒危物种,其繁殖行为释放是一系列反射活动。本文采用行为描述法和行为实验法,定时对哈尔滨动物园笼养东方白鹳繁殖行为进行观察的结果显示,在整个繁殖期内依次出现的是发情、交配、营巢、孵化等行为,孵化不呈现明显的节律性,在孵化过程中有明显的换孵规律。     

美国白蛾——城市森林的大敌

美国白蛾是世界性检疫害虫,在我国北方疫区较广,疫情严重危及城市生态安全,文章根据北京、唐山等地防治经验,总结了美国白蛾生物学特性及综合防治方法。       

漆酶催化活性中心结构及其特性研究进展

漆酶是一种多酚氧化酶，参与木质素的降解或聚合，具有氧化木质素的能力，但不同来源的漆酶其氧化降解木质素的能力相差很大。漆酶的结构决定了漆酶的特性，因而也就决定了漆酶氧化降解木质素的能力。本文综述了近10年来漆酶分子催化活性中心的结构与功能及其特性的研究进展。     

黑枣苗氮磷营养及经济施肥的研究

试验采用苗床施肥，结果表明，肥料用量适宜促进营养元素吸收利用，７～８月份苗木叶片含氮量３．５％～４．０％、含磷量０．２％～０．３％、含钾量１．０％或稍高时，苗木生长良好。在该试验条件下，施Ｐ２Ｏ５１２０ｋｇ／ｈａ、施纯氮１８０ｋｇ／ｈａ左右，幼苗产量、质量及施肥利润均达到较高水平。     

毛白杨花粉败育机制的研究

从细胞遗传学角度较为系统地揭示了毛白杨花粉败育的机制，即主要是毛白杨异质性遗传基础与环境相互作用的结果。（1）在减数分裂中有数目不等的联合程度较差的单价体以及落后染色体出现，这种与异质性相关的染色体行为异常，导致同源染色体向子细胞的不均衡，造成且功能染色体的缺失，从而引起毛白杨一定比率的败育花粉的产生；（2）遗传上的不平衡与温度等环境因子相互作用，进一步引发毛白杨生理乃至结构上的不平衡，花粉母细胞（或孢原细胞）和绒毡层细胞发育异常，从而造成不产粉或产粉较少；环境与基因型互作的差异性导致了花粉败育的年度不稳定性。（3）易位、倒位等染色体结构变异和天然三倍体株系的存在也是造成毛白杨花粉败育的原因。     

白蜡木、黑胡桃木、橄榄木的干缩湿胀特性研究

实木制品的干缩湿胀性直接影响其尺寸稳定性,对白蜡木、黑胡桃木和橄榄木的干缩湿胀特性研究结果表明：三种木材全干状态下的体积干缩率分别为13.88%、10.85%、9.89%,气干状态下的体积干缩率分别为4.89%、4.71%、4.14%,气干至饱水状态下的体积湿胀率分别为18.28%、12.82%、11.54%,全干至气干状态下的体积湿胀率分别为5.94%、4.20%、3.96%。三种木材中白蜡木的干缩湿胀性最强,黑胡桃木次之,橄榄木最小。研究结果对实木制品用材含水率的控制具有一定的指导意义。